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Original Southern California Automobile Highway Map by Albert G. Thurston, published by the Western Map & Publishing Company, Pasadena and Los Angeles, California, circa 1913–1914.
This early automobile road map covers Los Angeles, Long Beach, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, and surrounding regions, issued at the dawn of motor tourism in Southern California. The map details early highways, wagon roads, trails, railroads, county boundaries, cities, and gasoline stations, with special emphasis on coastal routes and inland connections.
This is a period advertising issue, prominently featuring local Long Beach businesses including Bennett Hardware Co., Home Ice & Cold Storage Company, and Long Beach real estate dealers, along with promotional text highlighting “Long Beach — The Delight of the Pacific.” Advertising variants such as this are scarcer than standard editions and are highly sought after by collectors of California history, early automotive travel, and commercial ephemera.
The map is a large folding pocket map, printed in blue line lithography, with detailed street grids, topography, and inset extensions
